I saw an advert in Marketing Week headed “What are Google doing about the Digital Skills shortage?” That led me to read on and sign up for the squared online digital marketing course. But it seems Google are not the only company looking to address digital development.

Some of you may have seen this article already. It has been covered on the media including the BBC and USA Today and numerous tech sites. If not, meet Bo and Yana, delightful little robots that fuse play with programming for kids of all ages.

Delightful robots that fuse play with programming for kids of all ages.

A US start-up has developed a robot which can be programmed to walk and talk. The company  hopes the Play-i robot will encourage children to try coding by introducing it through play.  Talk about addressing the skills shortage early. These are aimed at kids from 5 years upwards.

It was launched as a crowdsourcing project it has (over) acheived its target but is now offering people the chance to get in early on the first products out the door.